On This Day : November 27

1750 - James WILLSON born in Great Meadows, Warren County, New Jersey.  James was the son of Samuel WILLSON and Deborah WILLETTS.

1767 - Rebecca McPHEETERS born.  Rebecca was the daughter of William McPHEETERS and Rachel MOORE.

1788 - Lucinda PIERCE married Thomas WELCH.  Lucinda was the daughter of Seth PIERCE and Bethiah FIELD.

1795 - Marcus WELCH born.  Marcus was the son of Thomas WELCH and Lucinda PIERCE.

1818 - Elizabeth WARDLAW born in Brown County, Ohio.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Samuel WARDLAW and Elizabeth NESBIT.

1826 - Alexander Young MAXON born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.  Alexander was the son of Joel MAXON and Hannah FIELDS.

1833 - Louisa LEE born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.  Louisa was the daughter of Burrell Russel LEE and Louhaney SWAFFORD.

1837 - Karl Friedrich KAHRE born.  Karl was the son of Heinrich Wilhelm KAHRE and Anna Margareth Ilsbein HENNING.

1842 - Anna Marie Louise KAHRE married Christian Friedrich RITTERMEIER.  Anna was the daughter of Christian Friedrich KAHRE and Anna Marie Catherine BRINKHOFF.

1858 - Henry MIGUET born in Iowa.  Henry was the son of Claud Francis MIGUET and Eliza NETCOTT.  Henry was Corinne's 3x-great grandfather.

1862 - Susanna Jane HALEY married Alfred HALDEMAN in Morrow County, Ohio.   Susanna was the daughter of George J. HALEY and Rachel H. GARY.

1864 - Josiah MILLS died.  Josiah was the son of Henry MILLS and Hannah WOODWARD.

1874 - Royal HADLEY born in Clark Township, Clinton County, Ohio.  Royal was the son of Alfred HADLEY and Keziah K. OVERMAN.

1885 - Ethel Mable BEALS born in Humboldt, Richardson County, Nebraska.  Ethel was the daughter of Nathan Thomas BEALS and Elizabeth Caroline POE.

1888 - Beulah Sarah LeMASTER married Lynn Luman ROCKWELL in Jay County, Indiana.  Beulah was the daughter of Luman Walker LeMASTERS and Mary Keziah CHEW.

1898 - Alice SWAFFORD married Andrew L. HIPP in Bradley County, Tennessee.  Alice was the daughter of Aaron SWAFFORD and Sarah SWAFFORD.

1899 - Lena Leato ORCUTT married Joseph Gilbert PIERPONT in Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana.  Lena was the daughter of James ORCUTT and Samantha E. METZNER.

1911 - Barbara STOCKER died in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Barbara was the daughter of Peter SCHAEFFER and Marianne GROSSMANN.

1944 - John Spencer CUMMINGS died in St. Louis, Missouri. John was the son of Wyatt CUMMINGS and Margaret HENSON.

1950 - Carlos J. BOYER died in Indiana.  Carlos was the son of Christopher C. BOYER and Nancy Ann McCOOL.

1971 - Sidney Dewitt AILES died in Pemberton, Ohio.  Sidney was the son of John Forsythe AILES and Rebecca Lovina DRUMM.

On This Day : November 26

1656 - Margaret CHENEY born in England.  Margaret was the daughter of Thomas CHENEY and Jane ATKINSON.  Margaret was my 9x-great grandmother.

1767 - Thomas CLARKE died in Rhode Island.  Thomas was the son of Joseph CLARKE and Bethiah HUBBARD.

1782 - Hannah HUNT born in Guilford County, North Carolina.  Hannah was the daughter of Isaiah HUNT and Elizabeth FLOYD.

1796 - William Berry TAYLOR married Susan Harrison GIBSON.  William was the son of Jonathan TAYLOR and Ann BERRY.

1806 - Hannah BEALS married William ELLIS.  Hannah was the daughter of Jacob BEALS and Elizabeth BLACKBURN.

1806 - David MIZE married Hannah PETER in Washington County, Kentucky.  David was the son of Isaac MIZE and Elizabeth ________.  Hannah was the daughter of Samuel PETER and Mary TAYLOR.  They were Eileen's 5x-great grandparents.

1815 - Samuel LEWIS born in Ohio.  Samuel was the son of Nathaniel LEWIS and Nancy Ann SNIDER.

1816 - William CANADAY married Anne HUNT.  William was the son of Charles CANADAY and Abigail FOSTER.

1847 - Mary Polly WOOLMAN died.  Mary was the daughter of James ALDERMAN and Catherine WARNER.

1850 - Coleby CHEW died.  Coleby was the son of Coleby CHEW and Frances LEARNED.

1874 - Hannah Leutitia LEMASTERS born.  Hannah was the daughter of Isaac LEMASTERS and Sarah Ann HESTON.

1874 - Luman Walker WEHRLY born.  Luman was the son of John P. WEHRLY and Catherine E. LEMASTERS.

1884 - Grace G. RANTS born in Jay County, Indiana.  Grace was the daughter of David F. RANTS and Nancy Margaret CUNNINGHAM.

1890 - Elizabeth GILBERT died.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Joseph HEATON and Mary Ann EVANS.

1891 - Lily Schaefer MILLER born in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Lily was the daughter of Mathias MILLER and Elizabeth SCHAEFFER.

1893 - John William HUNT born.  John was the son of John A. HUNT and Ellanora Jane McLANE.

1964 - Lola May WHISLER died in Hamilton County, Indiana.  Lola was the daughter of Carey W. LAMBERTSON and Clara E. COOK.

1979 - Ernest SWAFFORD died in Dayton, Ohio.  Ernest was the son of George W. SWAFFORD and Elizabeth HAMILTON.

Black Sheep Sunday: Dillinger Gang Hides In The Loblolly

Source: Commercial-Review, Portland, Indiana, January 30, 1934, page 1.

Dillinger Gang Hides For Time In The Loblolly Near Geneva

Charles Makley, one of the Dillinger gang, who is now held in the Tucson, Ariz., jail, in telling of the movements of the gang in Indiana and Ohio after the prison break last September, said:

"We were in the Limberlost country of Gene Stratton Porter's books for a time.  It's not so wild any more, yet it has plenty of isolated spots where you can hide out for a few hours to rest.

"Once we got into Ohio, everything from then on was easy.  We had lots of gun battles, of cours, as we pulled the bank jobs, but we were never seriously threatened."

Jay county officers knew that the Dillinger gang was in this part of the state soon after the prison break.  The gang was recognized by Walter C. Krienke, who conducts the Loblolly dining car just north of Bryant, where highways 27, 67 and 18 connect.

Krienke is a former railroad detective and his years of training enables him to spot an outlaw much quicker than the average individual. He also has a retentive memory and pictures seen of criminals are retained by his trained mind.

Krienke was not an officer of the law at the time the gang stopped at his place and he could not summon help at the time.  However, officers were notified as soon as possible and a search was made in the vicinity of Bryant, but the gang was not found.  It is believed the desperadoes were on their way to Ohio when they stopped at the Loblolly.

No publicity was given at the time the gang appeared at the Loblolly dining car due to the fact the outlaws might return this way into Indiana, but state police were notified and a close watch kept.

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My paternal cousin, Harry PIERPONT (1902-1934) was a member of the Dillinger gang.  I found this article while on my last research trip to Jay County, hoping that the local paper might make mention of his connection to the area.

Whether or not the gang truly did stop in the Loblolly area, it certainly seems feasible.  Pierpont, Makley and Copeland should have been familiar with the area, and it's pretty much a straight shot over to Lima.

Krienke was made a state excise officer in 1935, according to newspaper reports found on Ancestry.com


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